Issue details

Neutral Agency Vendor Procurement

This has previously been agreed through Executive on 12 December 2023. This report recommends a change in the procurement method. We now propose for approval to utilise the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) framework for Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resources (MSTAR). The current contract expires on 31st March 2025 and the new contract will be effective from 1st April 2025. (A previous decision in December 2023 indicated that the intention was for Bracknell to conduct its own standalone process).

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Expenditure > £400,000;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 17/05/2024

Explanation of anticipated restriction:
Commercial reasons

Decision due: 16 Jul 2024 by Executive

Lead member: Councillor Kathryn Neil, Cabinet Member for Finance & Corporate Improvement kathryn.neil@bracknell-forest.gov.uk

Lead director: Executive Director: Resources

Department: Resources

Contact: Paul Young, Assistant Director: HR, OD and Payroll Email: paul.young@bracknell-forest.gov.uk Tel: 01344 354060.

Consultation process

Bracknell Forest managers have been engaged via a survey and focus groups to ensure the new service addresses the challenges of the current contract and delivers on new opportunities.

Consultees

Internal colleagues, unions and key stakeholders.

Making Representations: In writing to the Executive Director of Resources

Financial Impact: The council spend in excess of £7m pa on temporary agency resource. The intention is to better manage/control this spend through improved supply chain delivery and internal control mechanisms.

Reason the item will considered in private: As this is a commercial procurement which will be part of a competitive tender full details are included in the principal procurement plan which is contained in the confidential appendix A. As Appendix A contains details of the Council’s commercial strategy publication prior to the publication of the tender will both negatively impact the Council’s commercial position and lead to potential breaches of the procurement regulations.

Decisions

Agenda items